Golden Girls

Homeless dogs have been named after Team GB's gold medal winners in a bid to get them re-homed. Battersea Dogs and Cats Home named wo seven-week-old Chihuahuas after rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover. Cyclist Bradley Wiggins had a Stafforshire bull terrier named after him.

The historic win by West Country rowers Helen Glover and Heather Stanning to become the first British women to take an Olympic rowing gold will be celebrated on a special stamp.

The stamp, which features an image of the golden girls smiling and waving to supporters following their historic win, will be on sale in more than 500 Post Office branches from lunchtime on Thursday.

An additional 4,700 post offices will receive the Gold Medal stamps within a week.

Royal Mail said it would be the first time it has produced a stamp within 24 hours.

The stamps cost the normal first class price of 60p.

Watch the celebrations in Penzance as their golden girl Helen Glover and teamate Heather Stanning crossed the finishing line. Hear her friends' reaction to her success.

Prime Minister David Cameron hailed the rowers' success during a visit to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, saying: "Can I first of all say how delighted I am about Heather and Helen's gold medal in the rowing - an absolutely fantastic effort."

Team GB claimed its first gold medal of London 2012 today, thanks to a pair of rowers from the West Country.

Helen Glover, from Penzance, and Yeovil-born Heather Stanning became the first British women to take an Olympic rowing gold in front of an ecstatic crowd at Eton Dorney.

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West Country pair Helen Glover and Heather Stanning are not only the first Olympic gold medallists of the London 2012 Games, but also the first British women to win gold in Olympic rowing.

Great Britain's first gold medal has been won in style by West Country rowers Heather Stanning and Helen Glover in the women's pairs.

Penzance rower Glover and Yeovil-born Stanning both learnt how to row at the University of Bath.